Angel Names Association is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3), charitable organization dedicated to assisting families of stillborn children through programs designed to provide financial assistance for end-of-life expenses and counseling services, and funding for stillbirth research.
Health , Health (General & Financing) , Human Services , Mental Health , Mental Health & Crisis Intervention
Burial & cemetary services: the securing end-of-life expenses (seole) program provides needy families with assistance with autopsy, funeral, burial, headstone/monuments and cremation expenses. 28 families helped in 2014 specialized human services programs, general/other: 9th annual memorial walk increased public awareness of stillbirth and provided a forum for all who have been touched by the death of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, sids, and infant death. The event consists of a walk and memorial ceremony providing attendees an opportunity to have the lost loved ones acknowledged and be recognized as the parents, siblings, grandparents, etc. That they are. This event is free (more than 500+ actual attendees) specialized human service programs, general/other: memory box project in partnership with the nonprofit bridging people and places, distributes memory boxes to area hospitals and across the united states. The boxes are given to families of stillborn babies upon delivery at the hospital. These keepsake boxes contain comfort items such as handmade baby blankets, hand and footprint materials, handmade bag for baby's lock of hair, journal, photo album, cameras and angel bears. The boxes are a tool used by hospital staff as a way to support the bereaved families who must leave the hospital without their baby. (approx 60 boxes distributed in 2014. )